The past few days were quite hectic. My weekends have been packed with meetings and rehearsals from 9am to 10pm with very little time to breathe.

Today was more relaxing. I went over to Jie Ying’s house to play. We finally had the chance to play Totoro again, but I got a little rusty from the long break. Oh we also played our all time favourites, Czardas and Legende (blah blah blah). After we got tired of Dvorak’s (un)romantic pieces for violin and piano, jy took me on a cycling tour around her neighbourhood. We visited main tourist attractions like very artistic graffiti near the canal and playground. It was a great workout.

After that, I went to meet Ai and Ruri for lunch at PS. We watched 2012. I thought the movie effects were quite good, though some parts of the story were unrealistic. I’ve been thinking, what was I like before I was born? What does being nothing feel like?

I’ll be off to Thailand tomorrow for a mission trip. This year, fewer people will be going – 6. We’ll be going northern Thailand higher up Chiang Mai, at the border between Myanmar and Thailand. We’ll be staying in an orphanage run by a missionary our church is supporting, and we’ll be reaching out to those in the refugee camp and the orphanage. Though it’s my first time on a mission trip (I finally reached the age limit), it won’t be my first time to 大谷地. my family and I have been to the orphanage before. We went there while on holiday in Chiang Mai 3 years ago to visit the missionary and he took us around.

In case anyone is feeling too bored next week, there’s something I recommend. My church choir has combined with 2 other church choirs to perform at Orchard Road for the Celebrate Christmas in Singapore (CCIS) event. If you’re free, you can go down to watch them on Saturday, 19 December at either 8pm or 9pm outside Tong building (Rolex building), which is just beside Paragon. The performance will consist of songs strung together by incidental music and narration.

"Preview" performed in church yesterday (only those from my church)

Awaken Us, O Lord (1st song)

I was supposed to sing at Orchard but since I decided to go for mission trip, I won’t be. However, I will be joining the choir for repeat performances on 23 and 24 Dec at Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church and Ang Mo Kio Gospel Hall (my church) respectively. The Christmas event on those 2 days will start at 7.30pm.

Warning: the performance is in Chinese

At Orchard Road, you can probably catch Jean singing, and mom doing the narration. The performance should be quite good. We have been rehearsing for 3 hours each week for the past 3 months. All the teenagers (girls) involved from my church are singing descant. It was through this that I learnt I could actually hit an A (one ledger line above treble clef stave). Once you hit that, F and G are no longer a big deal. My favourite song is the last one.

Lastly (if you’re a Christian), please keep the mission trip in your prayers. Pray for the people there, that they’ll be willing to hear the gospel, as well as for health and safety of the members. Thanks

I’ll be back on 23 Dec at 0045. I hope I won’t be too tired cus I still have to sing at night. Till then, bye!